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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GLOSSARY b Transportation Demand Management (TDM): traffic lane into a transit way might increase the Refers to developing policies plus public and private person-carrying capacity of a highway more easily and programs to manage the demand placed on transporta- quickly than widening the highway for additional I tion supply. TDM measures are frequently directed traffic lanes. toward increasing the use of transit and car pools. Treatment Plant: Facility which provides either 1 Transportation Demand Management Strategies primary or secondary treatment of waste water prior to (TDM): Strategies aimed at changing travel behavior discharge into a receiving water. rather than at expanding the transportation network to meet travel demand. Travel demand is reduced by Trip Distribution: The third step in forecasting I measures which either eliminate trip making or travel is forecasting where trips begin and where they accommodate person trips in fewer vehicles and may end. This is done for different trip purposes on trip include incentive, dis-incentives, and the provision of types. Common examples are home to work, home to I transportation alternatives. Such strategies can include the promotion of work hour changes, ride- school, home to other, and non-home based (trips that do not begin at home). sharing option,parking policies,and telecommuting. Trip Generation: The second step in forecasting the III Transportation Element: The transportation element number of trips generated by the forecasted land use; of the comprehensive plan is the community's the number of trips made to and from each type of transportation plan. It describes the location, capacity, land use by day. Trip generation provides the linkage I and level of service for transportation facilities and between land use and travel. Trips generated at the services. It includes the adopted transportation home end are generally termed "production". Trips policies for the community. generated by business are generally termed I "attractions". Transportation Facilities: Capital facilities related to air, water, or land transportation. Any portion of the Trip Length: The length of a trip measured in miles; physical infrastructure that supports or assists the may be airline distance or over-the-road distance. If) movement of goods and people. Trip Purpose: The reason for making a trip. Each Transportation Management Organization (TMO): trip may have a purpose at each end; for example, 11 A group of employees or an association representing a home to work. group of employees in a defined geographic area. A TMO may represent employees within specific city Trip: A one-direction movement which begins at the ,I limits, or may have sphere of influence that extends origin and ends at the destination. For example, a trip beyond city limits. movement from a residence to a work place is a trip from home to work. J Transportation Products: An action that expends funds or approves physical and/or operational altera- Trunk Lines: Underground gravity pipeline which is tions to a transportation system. part of the public sewer system. I Transportation System Management (TSM): Low TSM: See Transportation Systems Management. capital expenditures to increase the capacity of the transportation network. TSM strategies include but Upland: Those dry land areas not included in the I are not limited to signalization, high occupancy definition of"shoreline." (SMP) vehicle lanes and bus turn-outs. TSM encompasses an array of actions that can be taken to increase the carry- Upzoning: A change in the zoning classification of II ing capacity of roadways. land to classification allowing more intensive development, such as a change from single family to Transportation Systems Management (TSM): multi-family. Accommodating transportation demand by using the ill existing supply more efficiently and by emphasizing Urban Activity Center: An urban form with a fairly lower cost improvements that can be implemented dense urban core area with many locally available quickly. For example, converting a general purpose amenities and services, an active pedestrian-friendly I G-23 I